October 29, 2011
movies
watched a couple of movies this week .. the first was kung fu panda 2 .. it was good but i liked the first one better .. still it was good fun .. unless you don't like animation movies then you should enjoy it ..
the other was crazy stupid love .. sort of a romantic comedy i guess .. but not a very realistic one .. not realistic at all actually .. great cast though .. steve carell, emma stone, marisa tomei, julianne moore, ryan gosling .. so basically you have a bunch of intertwining love plots .. so unlike most romantic comedies which are about one couple .. there are multiple stories going on here .. it's decent enough .. it's not too cynical but not too mushy either .. good for watching with your significant other ..
the other was crazy stupid love .. sort of a romantic comedy i guess .. but not a very realistic one .. not realistic at all actually .. great cast though .. steve carell, emma stone, marisa tomei, julianne moore, ryan gosling .. so basically you have a bunch of intertwining love plots .. so unlike most romantic comedies which are about one couple .. there are multiple stories going on here .. it's decent enough .. it's not too cynical but not too mushy either .. good for watching with your significant other ..
October 24, 2011
October 23, 2011
work and a review
so the cold war at work is now at truce mode .. i got my vacation .. not all of it but i got a week .. we get another week off for eid so technically it will be two weeks .. oh baby .. gonna visit my folks .. it might be the last time i see them in saudi .. they're moving to jordan soon .. like a couple of months .. but yeah we reached a truce at work .. the management sort of said we hear you loud and clear and we acknowledge your complaints although we may or may not agree with all of them .. though we will admit some of them are valid .. but not all .. i'll take it for now .. so i'm gonna cool it .. they're gonna cool it .. and we're going to live happily ever after .. ahhhh office politics .. sweet drama for my otherwise dreary life ..
i beat the game rage .. i have mixed feelings about it .. on the one hand it is a fantastic shooter .. but the story sucked .. i don't even know what the story was .. honest to God i'm not making this up i beat this one mission next thing i know there was a cutscene and then the credits began rolling .. and i was like what the hell did i just beat the game .. so yeah that's a sure sign it's a shitty story .. but as a shooter it was beautiful .. roaming the wasteland and killing the bad guys provides an adrenaline rush that is second to none .. the racing element was a nice touch .. it was very road warrior-esque .. remember those old mad max movies .. but the racing bit doesn't even come close to comparing with the shooting part of the game .. forget the racing that's just a minigame at best .. this game is a pure shooter .. although you would think bethesda would've added an rpg element similar to what they did with fallout but no .. so that was a bit disappointing as well .. but basically it is your cliche shooter in terms of execution .. you go to town and buy ammo and weapons and supplies and such .. also you can gamble .. talk to people in town .. they give you corny missions .. like retrieving booze from an abandoned distillery .. or fetching some plant with healing powers from a mutant infested area .. but the gameplay is fantastic .. weapons are beautiful .. when you pick one up for the first time you sort of turn it around and check it out .. there are various types of ammo for the same weapon .. the enemies are clever .. the voice acting is great .. the blood and way people die is awesome .. so yeah .. but the story .. so woefully bad .. it loses major points for that .. worse than that there is no multiplayer .. only co-op .. still it was a great shooter .. 7/10 ..
i beat the game rage .. i have mixed feelings about it .. on the one hand it is a fantastic shooter .. but the story sucked .. i don't even know what the story was .. honest to God i'm not making this up i beat this one mission next thing i know there was a cutscene and then the credits began rolling .. and i was like what the hell did i just beat the game .. so yeah that's a sure sign it's a shitty story .. but as a shooter it was beautiful .. roaming the wasteland and killing the bad guys provides an adrenaline rush that is second to none .. the racing element was a nice touch .. it was very road warrior-esque .. remember those old mad max movies .. but the racing bit doesn't even come close to comparing with the shooting part of the game .. forget the racing that's just a minigame at best .. this game is a pure shooter .. although you would think bethesda would've added an rpg element similar to what they did with fallout but no .. so that was a bit disappointing as well .. but basically it is your cliche shooter in terms of execution .. you go to town and buy ammo and weapons and supplies and such .. also you can gamble .. talk to people in town .. they give you corny missions .. like retrieving booze from an abandoned distillery .. or fetching some plant with healing powers from a mutant infested area .. but the gameplay is fantastic .. weapons are beautiful .. when you pick one up for the first time you sort of turn it around and check it out .. there are various types of ammo for the same weapon .. the enemies are clever .. the voice acting is great .. the blood and way people die is awesome .. so yeah .. but the story .. so woefully bad .. it loses major points for that .. worse than that there is no multiplayer .. only co-op .. still it was a great shooter .. 7/10 ..
October 21, 2011
October 19, 2011
a to the k
she's pretty enough .. lovely light brown complexion .. great smile .. cute short brown hair .. i mean she's not ugly .. but also she's not like maxim hot .. she has a very quiet very gentle beauty .. yet something about her makes guys go crazy over her .. it's not her looks .. it's something else .. maybe she's a witch .. putting magic spells on them .. no .. maybe it is her boldness .. no .. maybe it's all that money .. hmmmmm ..
مسخرة
"I am proud to stand here on the soil of a free Libya," Clinton said amid meetings with Transitional National Council Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril and interim leader Mustafa Abdul-Jalil.
"The United States was proud to stand for you in your fight for freedom and we will continue to stand with you as you continue this journey."
"The United States was proud to stand for you in your fight for freedom and we will continue to stand with you as you continue this journey."
October 16, 2011
reflecting
so you may have heard of the iranian plot to kill the saudi ambassador in washington .. personally i think it's a filim hindi .. but that's just me .. but i was thinking .. have you seen this ambassador .. he doesn't look very saudi does he .. he looks more like a lebanese .. which he may or may not be .. but think about it .. being the saudi ambassador in washington .. away from politics and principles .. that's a hell of a job isn't it .. think of the perks and the prestige that come with such a position ..
October 14, 2011
movie and a game
watched the movie she devil .. it is an old movie .. 1989 .. remember roseanne .. yes that roseanne .. she's in it .. meryl streep steals her husband .. so she destroys both their lives .. it's a nice movie actually .. watching her go about her evil plan is quite satisfying .. and meryl streep .. oh she was hot back in the day .. damn .. not to mention she is an amazing actress .. i enjoyed the movie .. 9/10 ..
playing rage these days .. picked it up earlier this week but only opened it this weekend .. it's produced by id and published by bethesda .. id brought us doom and bethesda brought us fallout .. and that's how this game plays out .. a mix of doom and fallout .. in other words .. fricking awesome .. also they included a racing element in the game .. again .. fricking awesome .. i'm still nowhere in the game .. only logged in about two hours of playing time .. also i'm playing on hard .. so this is gonna take a while ..
playing rage these days .. picked it up earlier this week but only opened it this weekend .. it's produced by id and published by bethesda .. id brought us doom and bethesda brought us fallout .. and that's how this game plays out .. a mix of doom and fallout .. in other words .. fricking awesome .. also they included a racing element in the game .. again .. fricking awesome .. i'm still nowhere in the game .. only logged in about two hours of playing time .. also i'm playing on hard .. so this is gonna take a while ..
no homo
there is this pizza place i go to sometimes .. i don't eat there i get takeout .. i usually go for their subs or pastas i don't get pizza usually .. anyway .. the staff all are filipino .. one of them is particularly girly ... and i think he has a crush on me .. and it's totally making me uncomfortable .. i think i might stop going there ..
like i noticed him looking at me before .. but now he is trying to be friendly with me .. giving me a free drink while i wait for the order .. asking me where i am from .. what my name is .. fuck off already ..
i had a similar encounter in beirut once .. i was walking down the street and this guy stopped me to talk to me .. and as it turned out he was looking for some love so to speak .. i was like ehh good luck with that ..
like i noticed him looking at me before .. but now he is trying to be friendly with me .. giving me a free drink while i wait for the order .. asking me where i am from .. what my name is .. fuck off already ..
i had a similar encounter in beirut once .. i was walking down the street and this guy stopped me to talk to me .. and as it turned out he was looking for some love so to speak .. i was like ehh good luck with that ..
October 13, 2011
the cold war
so i spoke of a cold war at work .. well today it turned burning hot .. in a nutshell my boss said that they hired someone to take over for me and i will be handling a different section .. it's not a promotion or a demotion .. just being transferred .. i've made it clear i wasn't happy where i was so .. anyway .. he said the new hire would do a better job than me .. but not in that way .. but kind of in that way .. i said game on bitch .. not in those words .. i said something along the lines oh i am going to love watching him crash and burn .. and i was like but under one condition as long as you don't give him more staff because that would be unfair .. i told him i promise you he will not be able to handle it .. see the cold war is that i want a raise since i do so much work .. and i have gotten a 10% raise since joining and i've only been here a year but i want MORE .. and i deserve MORE .. i mean they're even reluctant to give me a vacation because everything goes to fuck if i am ever gone for more than a few days .. they don't agree so much .. anyway so this is their way of trying to tell me you're not as important as you think and we can manage without you .. but i guarantee you i will win .. and my boss kind of tried to backpedal at the end .. he said i may be wrong i don't know .. maybe he won't be better than you .. and i was like it's not that you might be wrong .. you are 100% wrong and you will see .. i am very proud of how i did in there .. i stood my ground and very confidently so i might add .. thing is i had a grin or a smirk on my face the whole time .. so it wasn't like a heated exchange where we were yelling back and forth .. it was just two cool calm conniving assholes negotiating ..
October 11, 2011
raqam mummayaz
saw this plate the other day .. ا ح ل 1 .. get it a7la wa7ad ..
click the image to see it ..
white folks
this is hank williams jr who sings the theme to monday night football .. espn fired him and yanked the song after this interview .. if you look up redneck in the dictionary you will see this dude's picture .. this was one awkward conversation .. but i thought the hosts handled it very professionally ..
this hank williams jr fellow reminded me of the guy in the below video ..
October 9, 2011
randoms
went to the store to buy some games today .. i havent bought a game in like five months .. the last game i bought was la noire .. that game is in my opinion the second best game on ps3 in history .. number one being of course heavy rain .. although i can see others saying la noire is better .. but i digress .. i wanted nba 2k12 and rage .. got rage .. but nba was out of stock .. he said they'd have it again in a few days .. i told him reserve me a copy .. havent played rage yet .. probably wont until the weekend .. there's some sweet games coming out soon .. mainly batman arkham city and also uncharted 3 .. listen to me going on about ps3 games .. maybe i should get married .. is it possible to be married and still play ps3 .. looking at my older brothers i can say the answer is no ..
i spoke about a cold war brewing at work between my boss and i .. well today he walked by and gave me a pat on the back .. which i took as a gesture of goodwill .. but i will not let my guard down ..
my parents are leaving saudi in a couple months .. my dad said he wants to give me his car .. i was like sell it i dont need it .. but he insisted .. he was like your car got fucked by the flooding and it's giving you a hard time .. i was like no but i fixed it .. and he said yeah but still i want to give it to you .. anyway in the end i was like well ok if you insist .. so it looks like i might be getting a car? .. im contemplating selling it .. that would be rude wouldnt it .. i dunno .. its better than my car but i love my car .. and i spent so much fixing it since the floods last year .. if i sell it i will not get much .. its working fine now .. i mean sure it can never go back 100% the way it was but it's running like a tiger mashalla .. my friend said sell both and lease a new one .. and i was like hmmmmm .. i duno .. we'll see ..
i spoke about a cold war brewing at work between my boss and i .. well today he walked by and gave me a pat on the back .. which i took as a gesture of goodwill .. but i will not let my guard down ..
my parents are leaving saudi in a couple months .. my dad said he wants to give me his car .. i was like sell it i dont need it .. but he insisted .. he was like your car got fucked by the flooding and it's giving you a hard time .. i was like no but i fixed it .. and he said yeah but still i want to give it to you .. anyway in the end i was like well ok if you insist .. so it looks like i might be getting a car? .. im contemplating selling it .. that would be rude wouldnt it .. i dunno .. its better than my car but i love my car .. and i spent so much fixing it since the floods last year .. if i sell it i will not get much .. its working fine now .. i mean sure it can never go back 100% the way it was but it's running like a tiger mashalla .. my friend said sell both and lease a new one .. and i was like hmmmmm .. i duno .. we'll see ..
a vision in white
she is kind of wise in a way .. but sometimes she tries too hard to sound philosophical .. but she's pretty so i let it slide ..
October 8, 2011
best game ever revisited
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i beat heavy rain over the weekend ... heavy rain is probably in my opinion the best game ever made ... the last time i beat it was like two years ago ... never played it since then .. well not really two years ago .. like a year and a half ... but that's not the point ... i don't usually write about games here but this game deserves a post ... as good as la noire was but heavy rain is better ... there is no other game like heavy rain ... basically it is like a movie ... you're just watching a movie ... but occasionally the game lets you decide what the character should do ... most of the time you're just watching a movie unfold ... but here is the thing ... the game makes you a part of the movie ... you get to control the slightest things ... like when your character is dancing you just press the button prompts that pop up on the screen ... or when you are bandaging a wound you roll the analog stick in a circle to wrap it around the person's arm ... or changing a baby's diaper ... or applying lipstick ... or shaving ... or breaking into a mansion and shooting the place up ... or hitting golf balls while a rich tycoon tries to buy your silence ... or even making out ... it's just magical ... and the graphics ... oh the graphics ... such detail ... right down to the last small thing ... what a work of art ... but it's short ... like i said i beat it over the weekend ... and i didn't get the same ending i got the first time i played ... see that's another thing ... depending on your choices the movie unfolds differently ... people can end up dead or alive at the end ... or together or broken up ... it's just the best game ... there is no other game like it ... it's in a league of it's own ...
but it's a very dark very depressing movie ... which i guess only enhances the immersional experience of the game ... the game or the movie revolves around four different characters ... they don't know each other but they come to do so ... and you get to control them in the various scenes of the game ... but the main character is ethan mars ... he once had the perfect family ... beautiful house beautiful wife two beautiful little boys ... then one day at the mall his son got hit by a car ... and he blames himself ... and now he and his wife are separated ... then one day he takes his other son to the park and loses him as well ... he is kidnapped by a serial killer ... and now it is up to ethan to save him ... so there's ethan ... the other three are an fbi detective who is also on the case ... and he has a drug addiction ... then there's the private eye investigating the case but you never really know who hired him ... which serves for a very unexpected twist at the end ... and there's madison ... the sexy journalist who is following the serial killer story and falls for ethan ...
so far i played the game twice and both times the son is rescued alive at the end ... but there are endings where he doesn't live ...
maybe i'll play it again in another two years .. until then ...
i beat heavy rain over the weekend ... heavy rain is probably in my opinion the best game ever made ... the last time i beat it was like two years ago ... never played it since then .. well not really two years ago .. like a year and a half ... but that's not the point ... i don't usually write about games here but this game deserves a post ... as good as la noire was but heavy rain is better ... there is no other game like heavy rain ... basically it is like a movie ... you're just watching a movie ... but occasionally the game lets you decide what the character should do ... most of the time you're just watching a movie unfold ... but here is the thing ... the game makes you a part of the movie ... you get to control the slightest things ... like when your character is dancing you just press the button prompts that pop up on the screen ... or when you are bandaging a wound you roll the analog stick in a circle to wrap it around the person's arm ... or changing a baby's diaper ... or applying lipstick ... or shaving ... or breaking into a mansion and shooting the place up ... or hitting golf balls while a rich tycoon tries to buy your silence ... or even making out ... it's just magical ... and the graphics ... oh the graphics ... such detail ... right down to the last small thing ... what a work of art ... but it's short ... like i said i beat it over the weekend ... and i didn't get the same ending i got the first time i played ... see that's another thing ... depending on your choices the movie unfolds differently ... people can end up dead or alive at the end ... or together or broken up ... it's just the best game ... there is no other game like it ... it's in a league of it's own ...
but it's a very dark very depressing movie ... which i guess only enhances the immersional experience of the game ... the game or the movie revolves around four different characters ... they don't know each other but they come to do so ... and you get to control them in the various scenes of the game ... but the main character is ethan mars ... he once had the perfect family ... beautiful house beautiful wife two beautiful little boys ... then one day at the mall his son got hit by a car ... and he blames himself ... and now he and his wife are separated ... then one day he takes his other son to the park and loses him as well ... he is kidnapped by a serial killer ... and now it is up to ethan to save him ... so there's ethan ... the other three are an fbi detective who is also on the case ... and he has a drug addiction ... then there's the private eye investigating the case but you never really know who hired him ... which serves for a very unexpected twist at the end ... and there's madison ... the sexy journalist who is following the serial killer story and falls for ethan ...
so far i played the game twice and both times the son is rescued alive at the end ... but there are endings where he doesn't live ...
maybe i'll play it again in another two years .. until then ...
October 7, 2011
quote of the day
To my Syrian brothers and sisters: don't mimic the Lebanese when they take pride in someone who is (in reality or through the imagination) of Lebanese origin even if he/she has never ever made any connection to his/her real or imaginative roots. Steve Jobs did not have any dealings with his Syrian father: he was raised by different parents. And most importantly, Jobs never ever made any connection with Syrians or Arabs. Just avoid the silly and humiliating path of Lebanese popular culture.
angry arab
angry arab
October 6, 2011
from facebook
10 years ago we had Steve Jobs, Bob Hope and Johnny Cash - Now we have no Jobs, no Hope and no Cash.
October 5, 2011
October 3, 2011
October 2, 2011
horrible bosses
great cast but not so great movie .. jason bateman jason sudeikis charlie day .. all hilarious guys .. also kevin spacey and colin farrell .. not too shabby .. though jennifer aniston not so much .. kristen wiig would have been funnier .. anyway .. they all hate their bosses and decide to kill them ... and that's the story without any spoilers .. it's kind of like the hangover .. sort of a bromantic comedy .. it doesn't suck but it's also not special ... it's just good ... nothing more nothing less .. 7/10 ..
the power of beauty
if someone who looks like that .. not to mention dressed like that .. told me snuck is not a real word .. i would completely agree .. even though i know she is wrong ..
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